[Bug 490892] Review Request: b43-openfwwf - Open FirmWare for Broadcom 43xx series WLAN chip

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--- Comment #6 from Peter Lemenkov <lemenkov@xxxxxxxxx>  2009-06-27 16:18:39 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> So, here's my primary concern.  The upstream web site (and hence the README
> file in the package) says that you need to obtain two files from the
> proprietary driver, yet those files are present in the package, which makes one
> worry. 

It's a leftover - they started to provide these files (which contains initial
values) few months ago. I'll remove this outdated piece of text from README. 

> How does this package get along with firmware that folks might have installed
> by other means (b43-fwcutter)?

It will definitely overwrite some files, dumped from proprietary blobs. So they
are mutually exclusive.

> I would suggest a summary of:
>   Open firmware for some Broadcom 43xx series WLAN chips

Ok. I'll fix it.

> If the chipset support is as limited as I think it is, I would consider listing
> out the supported chips in the %description.  

OK. I'll try to find list of supported chips.

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